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The Manatee Board of County Commissioners received an update on the pilot program designed to make it easier and safer for emergency vehicles to reach citizens in need by giving them green lights at intersections.
Despite recent rains, local drought conditions persist, and because of this, the Manatee Board of County Commissioners voted during an emergency session this afternoon to extend a ban on all outdoor burning and the use and discharge of fireworks and sparklers in the county.
“People shouldn’t feel like they’re driving through the dadgum desert,” one Manatee County commissioner said.
“People shouldn’t feel like they’re driving through the dadgum desert.”
Premier project drags, but $30 million will be spent on a veterans' memorial park.